Time to move on

life is life xd
i think im finally going to get to slowly move on from MS thanks to nexon and them perma banning 3 of my mule accounts.

Okay, so now anyone can do extractions. the matter still stands of Who is deserving of running the site? It'd need to be someone who could handle the task.

That's not the point. "Anyone" can do extractions because the format is known and tools have been made public. If the encryption suddenly changes and we're reliant on a repacking script, where are we now? Fiel mentioned that as owner of SP, he's cracked four formats (LaTale, DFO, DN, MS patch). That's not to say that there is no one else equally competent, but it's no simple role we're talking about.

Of course, the owner doesn't have to be the one to do this.

lol. If Southperry is self sustaining, idk what sense there is in shutting it down. Not like it matters to me. The only few people I'd miss are Ji, Rick, and Swerve, and the only person I don't have contact information for is Ji. There wasn't much community here as Swerve said. x[

Anyways, if Fiel can't get his site to sell, why shouldn't he give it to one of his admins or his mods so that they could run it until an appropriate extractioneer comes along? The site should be able to run without the need for extractations. Sleepywood is an example.

Southperry's IP will live and die based on quick and thorough extractions. The next stage if no one step ups to take the mantle should be to make a new board based solely on social discussion. I've seen it happen to three or four boards before with mixed results, but the majority of the "in" crowd at SP have alternative means of contact anyways.

You're a well skilled programmer Fiel. About time you moved on. Hope to see you somewhere, someday.

So, exactly how much are we talking here? I can probably go up to $3,300 or so for my start offer. I'll add you on MSN, give me a sec.

So, exactly how much are we talking here? I can probably go up to $3,300 or so for my start offer. I'll add you on MSN, give me a sec.

The person I'm looking for has the following qualities:

- Familiarity with WZ files a necessity
- Previous forum admin experience a plus
- Never been banned from SP in any way
- Have a passion for data extraction
- Familiarity with Python a plus

you don't qualify sorry

I've lurked here for a long time, didn't sign up until recently, but thanks for all the hard work Fiel, I really enjoyed the extractions, and what else Southperry had to offer, many topics
that had much more mature and intelligent discussion, MapleStory or not, then LolBasil and SW.

Good luck in Life.

I can't believe it.. I just can't believe it.

I knew this day would come, but not so soon. This has probably been the website I've visited the most times, and it's my favourite forum ever. I really didn't see this coming.

Life moves on, I know that. I was an "addicted" MapleStory player until some time ago, when I almost completely stopped playing that game. Now, I almost completely lost my interest in the game, but I still liked browsing Southperry very much.

I don't believe that Southperry will go down: Fiel will eventually find someone who meets the requirements and wants to run the site - at least I hope so. There probably are many people willing to pay thousands of dollars for this website, but yeah, as Fiel said Southperry needs someone special to run the site. It's not like everyone can manage such a big website.

I'm really sad you decided this Fiel, but.. yeah, you have to think more about your future, and I think you made the right decision.

I will miss all the good years passed here, with all the cool people, the goggle meme, and much more. Even after what happened, I still keep liking this website very much. But maybe closing it will be the best choice, since I have a feeling that nobody will ever be as good as Fiel at running this website.

You'll be missed. Farewell, Paul. You'll be missed much.

Does anyone actually mind if Southperry just runs WITHOUT extractions? I certainly don't.

This.
Although Extractions are popular, they only makes up about 2.62% of the actual forum. And it is the 10th most posted forum. Although extractions are good, they aren't needed to keep SP alive. And since Masteria is pretty much a voided project... any content coming to GMS would pretty much be pre-made or predictable.

There is also the topic that an admin would not have to know how to extract, but simply get someone to extract for them.

Even then, most people (I think), are still here because of the community, the extractions are just a good bonus.

Other 'Demographics' (Taken on 5/28/10, 7:37 AM):
Note: Percentages may not equal exactly 100%
The Funhosue makes up about 22.89% of the forum. (This actually pretty large for just one section, this means about 1 in 5 posts on SP are in the Funhouse)
The Social Section (Including A&E) takes up about 44.38% of the forum. With this, the Maple section alone is 53% of the forum.
The average posts a member of SP makes is 74.

However, the post to view count ratio may be much higher in the Extractions section, but still...

Although it would turn into a normal MS Fansite, we'd have a much stronger community then the other fansites, since we never became really large.

Well, here's a tip for you guys: If you want to get rid of me, just appoint LHCGreg or Goku as the new Head Admin.

Other than that, I'll stick around to point out things I don't like about you.

EDIT: Waitasec. Why are IllegallySane, Stereo, Combattente, and a couple others banned? What'd they do?

They're tempbanned. They'll come back before the forum shuts down if it does.

you don't qualify sorry

Wait, fiel wants $?

what happened to the post where fiel deleted an IRC quote?

man ill miss you guys

Deleting my post, huh? Is that you RDal, lurking over there, waiting for me to do something fishy?

Deleting my post, huh? Is that you RDal, lurking over there, waiting for me to do something fishy?

Yes, it's me, RDal, not waiting because you've already done something fishy.

Yes, it's me, RDal, not waiting because you've already done something fishy.

Wait what. Why are you even awake now, and why didn't I see you in the users browsing this thread list.

Because admins can haz invis mode.

Because admins can haz invis mode.

lol the f'uck is going on.